As a boy, Mick Manning listened to his father’ s hair-raising tales about life as an RAF airgunner during the Second World War. Now, years later, he has carefully recreated his father's stories, writing them down as if his dad was speaking the words. In collaboration with Brita, he has illustrated them too.
It’ s for Charlie’ s grandchildren – and for everyone.
Find out what it was really like to:
Put up with food rationing …
Undergo RAF Training…
Take off in a bomber…
Face enemy fighters…
Survive the Battle of the Bulge
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Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom are a creative team who work together on both text and illustration. Together they have produced many titles for Franklin Watts and won many awards, including the Silver Smarties prize for The World Is Full of Babies, the Tes information book award for What's Under the Bed? and the English Association non-fiction award for Wa
More about Mick ManningBrita Granstrom has illustrated numerous well-known rhymes for children including "Ten in the Bed" and "Ring A Ring A Roses", as well as "Does a Cow Say Boo?" by Judy Hindley. Brita grew up in Sweden, on a farm by a lake. She now divides her time between England and Sweden.
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